CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-14667

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2018-11-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability — Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework

Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework contains an expression language injection vulnerability via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code using a chain of Java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.

Added to KEV
2023-09-28
Remediation due
2023-10-19
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14667; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14667
Status
Analyzed
Published
2018-11-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code using a chain of java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.

Affected configurations

• redhat richfaces (>= 3.1.0 <= 3.3.4) • redhat enterprise linux 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References